Árni Tómasson was born on August 12, 1866 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in Brown, Manitoba on December 13, 1937.
Spouse: December 18, 1899 Kristín Ingunn Líndal b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1883.
Children: 1. Guðrún b. January 8, 1900 in the Brown Settlement 2. Ingibjörg b. August 10, 1902 3. Sigurrós Þórdís b. September 11, 1904 4. Katrín Sigurbjörg b. January 1, 1907 5. Jónatan b. March 6, 1909 6. Tómas b. December 2, 1911 7. Jóhann Páll b. May 18, 1914 8. Þorsteinn Líndal b. August 24, 1916 9. Júlíus Hannes b. August 5, 1922 10. Helga Stefanía Björg b. October 28, 1926. They had a foster son Björgvin Ingólfur Hallgrímsson b. May 5, 1902 in Iceland.
Back row: Tómas, Björgvin (inset), Jóhann and Þorsteinn. Seated: Árni, Katrín, Sigurrós, Jónatan, Guðrún, Ingibjörg and Kristín Líndal. In front: Júlíus Hannes and Helga. Photo: Bb.
Árni emigrated west to N. Dakota in 1887. His parents and siblings arrived there a year later. Kristín Ingunn came west with her parents in 1887. Árni and Ingunn moved to the Brown Settlement in Manitoba in 1899 and lived there the rest of their lives.